Metallic railway-tie and rail-fastener.



P. CHOVANECZ. mmmc RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 25, 1916- 1 1 98,4 1 7 Patented bept. '19, 1916.

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P. CHOVANECZ.

METALLIC RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 25. 1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL CHOYANECZ, OF JOENSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC RAILWAY TIE SAND RAIL-FASTENER- Liosniv.

I Application filed May 25, 1916. Serial No. 99,782.

To all whom i t'inay concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL CHovAnnoz, a

citizennof the United States, residing at Johnstown, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Railway-Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of

. which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in metallic railwayties and rail fasteners. v

The primary object of the inventi'on'is the provision of a metallic railway tie provided with interlocking rail fasteners whereby the rails are securely'positioned upon the tiewithout the employment of the usual spikes or, bolts engaging the rails.

A further object of the device is to provide a metallic tie of simple construction provided with rail securing means adapted for bracing and strergthening the tie .while operatively retaining the rails in a-secure position thereon, the two rails upon the tie being readily released upon. removing a single centrally positioned wedge-bolt.

A still further object is to provide a metallic tie for positioningrailway rails thereof with reinforcing means for the tie form-.

ing seats for the rails while securing members associated therewith are tensioned at I p different degrees of pressure holding contact with the rails. I

With these general objeetsdnviewand others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and then claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughoutthe several views z-Fi'gure 1 is a side elevation of the present tie and rail fastener .with track rails shown in transverse section operatively positioned thereon. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3

is a central longitudinal vertical sectional "view of the same. Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are 5O transverse vertical sectional .views taken re "spectively, upon line IVIV,- V-V and VI-"-VI of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a detail mc-l' tionalview taken upon the line VII-VH of Fig. 3. Fig. 8 is a perspective yiew of slightly more than one-half of the present jorm of tie- Fig. Q is an inverted perspec- 11 is a perspective View of the reinforcing seat. Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the rectangular washer, and Fig. .13 is a perspective view of 'the wedge bolt employed with the device. i 7

The metallic'tie 10 forming a part of the present invention is of the general shape of a channel bar having o'pposite parallel sides 11' while the connecting base or portion 12 of the tie has oppositely projecting side flanges or marginal portions 13, the said base 12 with its flanges 13 being ada ted to rest flatly upon the road bed while t e ballasting thereof may be filled in over the said flanges if found desirable.

A table shaped member 14 serving the. j

further movement is prevented by means of y the shoulders 20 at the inner ends of the grooves 19 being engaged by the table feet 18 and at which time oppositely arranged notches cf the tie sides 1.1 will be spaced slightly outwardly of the said table. ,The flange lock 22 is then positioned with its body-portion 23 transversely arranged within the notches 21 being provided with an inwardly projecting block 24: between the sides 11 and lying flush with the edges 16,

.wh'ereby the table 14 may be shifted outwardly upon the tie 10 until the top ,15 flatly engages the inner face of the said bod 23 which will prevent the flange lock 22 rom being removed, it being understood that the said flange look has an inwardly projecting flange 25 overlying the table-top 15. A rail such as 26 may then be positioned upon the table top 15 with one base flange 27 of the rail beneath the said fiangelock member. 25 at which time the locking plate 28 may be slidably positioned'uponthe tie side'edges 16. A depending block 29 CillTlGd by the plate 28 fits between the tie sides 11 while an end flange 30 of the plate 28 is oppositely that just described. the inner ends 3:! of the locking plates 28 being formed with substantially U-shaped' recesses' 33, having beveled sides 34, the said plate ends being slightly spaced apart when operatively positioned upon the tie.

The tie sides 11 are'centrally provided with alining cut-away portions 35 adapted for-the reception 'of a rectangular washer 36 having a central perforation 37 to receive the threaded shank 38 of a wedge bolt 39 having a rectangularhead 40 provided with inclined lateral edges 41 having wedging engagement with the plate recessedi' edges PM when the wedge bolt is operatively positioned, a tensioning lock nut 4:2 being provided for securing the bolt 39 in locked arrangement with the washer 36 and the tie sides 1.1

The present detailed description of the invention includes the manner of assembling the entire device and a further description of the operation is therefore unnecessary. The rails 26 are readily released from the tie 10 by first removing the nut .42, thereby allowing the wedge bolt 39 to be separated from the locking plates 28 which plates may then also be detached. 'lhe rails 26 are thus released and upon being removed, the tables.

14 as well as the flange locks 22 maybe separated from the tie 10 leaving the latter positioned upon the road bed.

An advantageous metallic tie is thus arranged having interlocking rail fastening devices which strengthen the tie during'the operation of the railroad employing the same and while the present form of the device is believed to be preferable, minor changes may be made if desired.

What I claim as new is:

l. railway tie aml rail fastener coin-,

tively arranged, and a removable lockingmeans for one of the said locking members.

2. A railway tie and rail fastener com-' prising a channel bar having laterally projecting base flanges, the sides of the said bar having longitudinal grooves upon their outer faces adjacent the said flanges forming abutmentshoulders at their inner ends; a combined tie reinforcing and rail supporting table slidablymounted upon the, said bar sides, depending legs provided upon the said table and having inwardly projecting ribbed feet slidably arranged within the said grooves, the said table being adapted for the seating reception of railway rails thereon and the tie sides having opposite notches outwardly of the said table, a flange lock positioned within the said notches, a block upon the said flange lock between the said sides and arranged beneath the said table when operatively arranged in engagement with the said lock, an inwardly pro jet-ting rail engaging flange upon the said lock above the. said table, a locking plate slnftably mounted upon the sald tie sides inwardly of the said table, rail and table,

engaging ]llOtlls upon the said plate, and a locking bolt for the said plate.

3. A railway tie and rail fastener comprising a channel bar having laterally projecting base flanges. the sides of the said bar having longitudinal grooves upon their outer faces adjacent the said flanges forming abutment shoulders at their inner ends,

upon the said flange lock between the said sides and arranged beneath the saidltable when operatively arranged in engagement with the said lock, an inwardlv projecting rail engaging flange upon the said lock above the said table a locking plate slidably mounted upon the said tie sides, a depcnd ing block carried by the said plate between the said tie sides and projecting beneath the said table when operatively arranged, a rail III.

engaging flange carried by the said locking plate opposite to and spaced from the said plate block and overlying the said table when operatively positioned, the said plate having a recess in its inner end provided with an inclined side. and a wedging lock bolt arranged within the said recess in con-- tact with the said side when the Czvice is operatively arranged.

4. A metallic tie and rail fastener comprising a channel bar having transverse notches and longitudinal grooves in its opposite end portions andfurther provided with centrally positioned alining cutaway portions, reinforcing supporting tables shiftably mounted upon the said bar in sliding engagement with the said grooves, rail locking members Within the said notches in interlocking arrangement with the said tables, rail locking plates mounted upon the said bar in-engagement' with the said tables at their outer ends and having recesses in their spaced inner ends provided with 0pp0-.

sitely positioned beveled sides, a Wedge bolt having the head thereof positioned within the said recess and arranged with inclined faces seated upon the said beveled sides, a

rectangular washer arranged between the said sides of the said channel bar within the central cut-away portions thereof with the shank of the said bolt extending therethrough when the device is operatively positioned, and a tensioning locking nut upon the said shank beneath the said washer.

In testimony vwhereof I affix my signature.

PAUL OHOVANECZ. 

